Long Beach, Calif., June 16, 2006 –Sea Launch Company has rescheduled the launch of the Galaxy 16 communications satellite by one day, moving liftoff to June 18, at 12:50 am PDT (7:50 GMT).
The mission director stopped the 72-hour countdown on June 15 to allow the launch team to investigate an off-nominal indication that occurred during routine tests. The off-nominal condition has been corrected and the countdown now continues toward a June 18 launch. Sea Launch will provide additional information, as available, on the Sea Launch website and recorded on the Sea Launch Hot Line at 800.995.4123.
Built by Space Systems/Loral, Galaxy 16 carries 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, designed to meet the needs of a variety of broadcast customers in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico and Canada. As the replacement for Galaxy 4R, Galaxy 16 will be the newest member of PanAmSat's North American Galaxy fleet. Sea Launch has successfully launched three satellites for PanAmSat, including Galaxy 13/Horizons-1 in 2003, Galaxy 3C in 2002 and PAS-9 in 2000.
Sea Launch will carry a live satellite feed and streaming video of the Galaxy 16 mission, beginning at 12:35 am PDT (07:35 GMT). Transponder coordinates for downlinking this feed are posted at: www.boeing.com/nosearch/sealaunch/broadcast.html. A simultaneous webcast may be viewed at: www.sea-launch.com/current_index_webcast.html
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